Hilda Roche

Sketch depicting location of Hilda’s body

Gregory Barker

Karen:

The murder of Hilda Roche

Episode sources:

1. “S3 Episode 22” (Unsolved Mysteries)

2. “‘Mysteries’ Subject Guilty in ‘82 Slaying” by Carlos Sanchez (Washington Post) 1992

3. “Retracing Steps That Led to Killing” by Avis Thomas-Lester (The Washington Post) 1992

4. “Woman found shot to death; still unknown” by Peter Overby (Potomac News) 1982

5. “Rolling Brook woman identified as murder victim” by Peter Overby (Potomac News) 1982

6. “Murder case on TV show” by Kari Pugh (Potomac News) 1991

7. “Footpring leads to plea of guilty in 1982 murder” by Pamela Gould (Potomac News) 1992

8. “The Rafters” by Jane DeMouy (Washington Post) 1982

9. “Authorities arrest man after case seen on TV” (The Roanoke Times) 1991

10. “Suspect in local murder faces trial in Las Vegas” by Jim Kennett (Potomac News) 1991

11. “‘Mystery’ manhunt pays off’” by Kari Pugh (Potomac News) 1982

12. “Tapping Into ‘Mysteries’ Phone Bank” by Daniel Cerone (The Los Angeles Times) 1992

13. “Gregory Richard Barker: Murder, Fugitive Years, and Conviction” (Legal Clarity Team) 2026

14. “FBI Hunting Man in Shaner Killing” by Gabrielle Fimbres (Tucson Citizen) 1990 

15. “Man Convicted of Robbing Banks” (Reno Gazette-Journal) 1991

Georgia:

The Peanut Corporation of America scandal

Episode sources:

1. “A Life Sentence for Salmonella?” by Wil S. Hylton (The New Yorker) 2015

2. “The Rise And Fall of A Peanut Empire” by Lyndsey Layton and Nick Miroff (The Washington Post) 2009

3. “New Look at Food Safety After Peanut Tainting” by Gardiner Harris and Pam Belluck (The New York Times) 2009

4. “Peanut Exec Gets 28 Years In Prison For Deadly Salmonella Outbreak” by Dan Charles (NPR) 2015

5. “The Human Face of the PCA Salmonella Outbreak” by Dallas Carter (Food Safety News) 2014

6. “Another Salmonella Death Linked to Peanut Corporation of America” by Bill Marler (Marler Blog) 2014

7. “PCA Jury Hears About 'Just Ship It' Emails During Government's Opening Statement” by Dallas Carter (Food Safety News) 2014

8. “Peanut executive sentenced to 28 years for salmonella outbreak” by Brigit Rollins (National Agricultural Law Center) 2015

9. “New federal food safety rules issued after deadly outbreaks” by Mary Clare Jalonick (PBS News) 2015

Minnie Borden (left) and her daughter Earlene Carter (right)

Stewart Parnell

(Don Petersen / AP)